1A song of ascents.
I raise my eyes toward the mountains.
From whence shall come my help?
2My help comes from the Lord ,
the maker of heaven and earth.
3He will not allow your foot to slip;[#Ps 66:9; 91:12; 1 Sm 2:9; Prv 3:23.]
or your guardian to sleep.
4Behold, the guardian of Israel
never slumbers nor sleeps.
5The Lord is your guardian;[#The image of shade, a symbol of protection, is apt: God as shade protects from the harmful effects that ancients believed were caused by the sun and moon.]
the Lord is your shade
at your right hand.
6By day the sun will not strike you,
nor the moon by night.
7The Lord will guard you from all evil;
he will guard your soul.
8The Lord will guard your coming and going
both now and forever.